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Comcast to build 59-story Philly skyscraper

The Associated Press

Updated:
01/15/2014 02:48:40 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA—Comcast Corp. will build a second and taller skyscraper in Philadelphia that will boast several three-story atriums and topped by a blade, pushing it some 200 feet higher than its current building downtown.

The company, along with Liberty Property Trust, said Wednesday that the proposed $1.2 billion, 59-story building will be 1,121 tall and located on Arch Street between 18th and 19th streets in downtown Philadelphia adjacent to the 58-story Comcast Center that is currently is the city's tallest building.

The glass and steel building designed by architect Norman Foster will include a Four Seasons hotel and a block-long lobby that will connect with Suburban Station, a key station in the regional transit network.